CDP Institute

Tough position to fill, according to multiple sources familiar with a new role at The Trade Desk (TTD), which runs the ad exchange marketers use to select audiences on an ad bidding exchange. This is a key role as the ad industry heads into a new post-cookie world intending to supplant those with a unified, encrypted form of ID compliant with GDPR regulations. Speculation is that overseeing this for digital ad spending, which is projected to hit $91.44 billion in Western Europe by 2025, is a hard job to commit... Read More >

Common Sense Media’s 2021 State of Kids’ privacy report shows privacy protection provided by companies is far below parental expectations and doesn’t meet Common Sense’s minimum privacy threshold. The organization evaluated 200 of the most popular kids tech and edtech applications and services over 5-years and, while overall median scores increased year-over-year by 20%, 74% did not meet Common Sense’s minimum privacy recommendations.

The app helps organizations identify and minimize risk by operationalizing remediation steps and allowing data owners across the organization to collaborate on impact assessments.

This will enable companies to analyze the path programmatic impressions take throughout the sales cycle and will identify points at which ad-fraud may have entered the supply path.

This will enable businesses of 100+ employees to meet the Ocupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) impending emergency standards and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS’s) new interim final rule.

Changes to the privacy policy will include providing more information on what data is collected, details on how data will be shared globally, and the legal basis for processing.

A longtime, widely-watched suit that claimed Google used a Safari workaround to override iPhone users’ privacy settings, has been decided on appeal in Google’s favor. The suit tried to establish that representative action could be brought in the UK for data protection violation and loss of control for an estimated 4 million users.  But the court determined specific damage/loss must be suffered to claim compensation.

In a case that could impact the business models of major tech companies, Google has been ordered to pay a €2.4 billion fine for using algorithms to favor its own comparison-shopping services over competitors in a breach of antitrust law. The case by the European Commission was ruled valid by the EU’s General Court but can still be appealed to the EU’s highest court.

Strict cross-border data transfer rules revealed for Quebec’s Bill 64 privacy law include hefty fines for business non-compliance and may serve as model across Canada. Changes begin in 2022 with most in effect by 2023.  The bill also grants consumers private right-of-action, mandates breach notification, and requires companies to conduct privacy impact assessments.

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has published changes to the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act, which protects consumer financial privacy at financial institutions and at companies handling financial activities. Key changes under the revised Safeguards Rule include: expanded definition of types of companies subject to GLBA more specific, detailed requirements for compliance oversight obligation to appoint a security officer to oversee and implement a security program

Comparing 2020 to 2019, NCRB’s reported a sharp rise in publishing of materials depicting children in sexually explicit acts. Though overall volume is small, this plus UNICEF’s 2020 report on youth internet use – – which said that 37.6 million children in India accessed remote learning during the pandemic – reinforces concern that increased loneliness and limited opportunities for socialization make children more vulnerable online.

The system includes management for data subject access requests (DSARs), data discovery and audit trails, mitigates the need for a dedicated privacy team.